KNews, Author at Kaieteur News

Author Archive: KNews

Obama and Africa

Jul 13, 2009 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Obama and Africa

Last Saturday, US President Barack Obama made his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa, the part of the continent from where his father had left to attend university and not so incidentally had met his...

Where is the US$200M plus earned from privatisation deals?

Jul 12, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Where is the US$200M plus earned from privatisation deals?

Why has the money not been transferred to the nation’s coffers? – Corbin Where is the more than US$200M that has been earned from the several privatisation deals over the past five...

NAPS reports higher survival rate for HIV patients

Jul 12, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on NAPS reports higher survival rate for HIV patients

Director of the National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS), Dr. Shanti Singh, has reported that there is currently a one-year survival rate in Guyana for more than 80 per cent of HIV/AIDS infected...

168 graduate with life skills

Jul 12, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on 168 graduate with life skills

The 168 youths who recently left secondary school, have been given a fresh break in life, having been trained in a skill that would enable them to earn a livelihood. They were drawn from Regions One...

GT&T Jingle and Song Competition semifinals today

Jul 12, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T Jingle and Song Competition semifinals today

GT&T will kick off the semifinals for its 2K9 Jingle and Song Competition at the Theatre Guild, commencing at 19:00 hrs today. Fifteen contestants will battle to secure a placing at the upcoming...

‘We are coming back well laden on August 6’

Jul 08, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘We are coming back well laden on August 6’

…Says Manager Johnson at U-19 farewell dinner By Sean Devers Manager of the Guyana Under-19 cricket team, Alvin Johnson, feels this year’s unit is not the best ever produced by this county, but...

Meusa wins Sasha Cells CARICOM Chess tournament

Jul 08, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Meusa wins Sasha Cells CARICOM Chess tournament

Wendell Meusa made it three in a row after capturing the senior top prize in the Sasha Cells chess tournament which concluded on Caricom Day at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club. Muesa ended the...

Pompey runs slowest time this season

Jul 08, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pompey runs slowest time this season

…but remains unbeaten in Ireland Aliann Pompey expressed disappointment over her slowest time this season even though she won the 400m at the International Athletics’ 58th Cork City Sports at the...

Central Essequibo win 1st Digicel D’ Bimmer Flex Twenty20 festival

Jul 08, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Central Essequibo win 1st Digicel D’ Bimmer Flex Twenty20 festival

Central Essequibo defeated South Essequibo to win the first ever Digicel D’ Bimmer Flex Twenty20 cricket festival, played at the Anna Regina Community Centre ground on Saturday. In the final, South...

Business School sponsors BFA junior tournament

Jul 08, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Business School sponsors BFA junior tournament

The Berbice Football Association (BFA) has attracted sponsorship from the Managing Director of The Business School, James Bovell, and will be running off a junior tournament for schools and clubs to...

DCC contributes to National Under-19 cricketers

Jul 08, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCC contributes to National Under-19 cricketers

The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) has produced several outstanding Guyana cricketers including Clive Lloyd, Lance Gibbs and Roger Harper. On Monday the Queenstown club made a financial contribution to...

Excitement galore as Beach Soccer returns to Linden

Jul 08, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Excitement galore as Beach Soccer returns to Linden

Silver Shattas emerge champions; Marlon Benjamin is player of the tournament Approximately two months subsequent to the inaugural beach soccer competition in Linden, football buffs were treated to...

Sports Minister disappointed with Twenty20 schedule

Jul 08, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sports Minister disappointed with Twenty20 schedule

“We knew what games were set for Guyana from the media” – GCB The off-the-field controversies of West Indies cricket are once again overshadowing the game itself and this time the...

Referees undergo fitness test

Jul 08, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Referees undergo fitness test

Performances of FIFA officials pleasing – Lawrence Griffith Two referees failed to mesh up to the rigid qualifying standards, when the Guyana Referees Football Council (GFRC) staged a fitness test...

Brans Security makes presentation to U-19 ruggers

Jul 06, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brans Security makes presentation to U-19 ruggers

The National Under-19 rugby team benefited from the goodwill of Brans Security Service when Managing Director of the entity Harold Bransford presented a quantity of jerseys to the squad last...

Jeffrey, Fernandes retain national titles

Jul 06, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jeffrey, Fernandes retain national titles

– Fraser, Keisha Jeffrey receive special awards Kristian Jeffrey and Nicolette Fernandes successfully defended their Men’s and Ladies national titles, as the 2009 GT&T sponsored National...

GHB stages historic one-day tournament at National Stadium today

Jul 06, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on GHB stages historic one-day tournament at National Stadium today

History is in the making when the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB), in collaboration with Digicel and Bounty Farm stage a one-day tournament today, at the Guyana National Stadium. According to an executive...

Pepsi Sonics continue to berate GABA

Jul 06, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pepsi Sonics continue to berate GABA

Letter to be sent to Sports Ministry By Edison Jefford The Pepsi Sonics Basketball Club will be sending a document to the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport this week highlighting what it...

ICC World 20/20 starts April 30 in Guyana

Jul 06, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on ICC World 20/20 starts April 30 in Guyana

Windies play opening match of double-header at Providence The Guyana National Stadium at Providence is set to make its debut as an International venue for Day/Night cricket matches on April 30, when...

Hercules follows up 20/20 ton with career-best 7-21

Jul 06, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hercules follows up 20/20 ton with career-best 7-21

Twenty-year-old former Guyana Under-19 cricketer, Ryan Hercules scored his maiden ton in England last Monday in the semi-final of the 20/20 league tournament and followed up with a career best 7-21...

Thirty-one Karatekas successfully complete grading exercise

Jul 06, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Thirty-one Karatekas successfully complete grading exercise

Thirty-one Karatekas, from two clubs were evaluated and subsequently promoted to various levels, when the Great Diamond Martial Arts Association hosted a Karate Upgrade Examinations at the Diamond...

NCN ‘A’ captures top spot at Western Union Media dominoes tournament

Jul 06, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on NCN ‘A’ captures top spot at Western Union Media dominoes tournament

National Communications Network (NCN) ‘A’ team carted off the top trophy at the Western Union sponsored Media Appreciation night dominoes competition contested at the Windjammer International...

Umpire dies after being struck

Jul 06, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Umpire dies after being struck

An umpire died after being struck on the head by a ball during a league match in Wales on Saturday. Alcwyn Jenkins, 72, was standing in the game between Swansea and Llangennech in Division One of the...

Crime significantly down in Berbice

Jul 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Crime significantly down in Berbice

…as Division prepares to celebrate police 170th anniversary NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Commander of Division ‘B’ of the Guyana Police Force, Assistant Commissioner, George Alexander...

Residents to have a say in operation of health centre

Jul 06, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Residents to have a say in operation of health centre

WILLIAMSBURG, CORENTYNE – Residents between Rose Hall Town and Albion are witnessing a transformation in health care delivery and are encouraged to have their say in the operation. Last Friday was...

PREV 838 839840841 842 NEXT LAST

Kristian Chaves and Talitha Kissoon crowned Guyana’s Premier...

Jun 10, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The spirit of discipline, excellence, and competition was on full display as ISKF Guyana successfully hosted its Annual Independence Karate Tournament on Saturday, June 6, 2026,...

Dictators snatch your freedom

Jun 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In 1978, a movie was released by United Artistes. The Wild Geese was not a spectacular box office hit but given that it was in part an action movie, it did reasonably well to turn a small profit and to have a sequel. The plot was quite simple. It was about a group […]

Language is Infrastructure – Why Antigua and Barbuda’s...

Jun 07, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Antigua and Barbuda is one of the smaller countries of the Caribbean. Yet small states have often advanced ideas that have significance beyond their size. The decision by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, led by Prime Minister Gaston Browne, to make...

UG Green Institute Prelim. Report Pt. 1

Jun 10, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – The University of Guyana Green Institute (UGGI) did its 60th Independence Survey. Titled: Guyana at 60: Trust, Oil, and the Society Being Built. The Preliminary Report is out. It’s a start. Guyanese get to hear from academics with their models and...

Author Archive: KNews

Listen to the The Glenn Lall Show

Follow on Tik Tok @Glennlall

THE BLUNT OF THE DAY

Sports

Features/Columnists

Sir. Ronald Sanders

The GHK Lall Column

Publisher’s Note

Weekend Cartoon

Bridge Watch

> Berbice Bridge […]